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Clive Charles
Clive Charles (3 October 1951 – 26 August 2003) was a football player, coach and television announcer. Charles began his career with West Ham United, where his brother John Charles played, and finished it in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He later coached at the high school, collegiate and international levels in the United States.
==Player==
Charles was born in London, the youngest of nine children. He grew up in a working-class neighbourhood playing street soccer.〔(Clive Charles: 1951–2003 )〕 When he was 12 years old, he began playing with the West Ham United youth teams and signed with the club as an apprentice when he turned 15. He would sign with West Ham as a full professional when he turned 17 and joined the first team in 1970 as a defender. However, West Ham was stocked with talent and Charles had difficulty finding playing time. In 1971 and 1972, he played two seasons on loan from West Ham with the Montreal Olympique of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL). While with Montreal, he met his future wife Clarena, then a flight attendant flying between Montreal and England.〔(Clive Charles' blessing in disguise )〕 He was also honoured as a second team NASL All Star in both of his seasons in Montreal.〔(Montreal Olympique (1971–1973) )〕 When playing time continued to elude Charles, West Ham loaned him to second division Cardiff City for the last 8 games of the 1974 season. Even though Cardiff City was relegated to the third division, Charles chose to sign with the team and became its captain at the age of 23. Cardiff was back in the second division in 1976. Charles finished his career with Cardiff City in 1978, playing over 100 games and scoring 5 goals.
In 1978, the NASL Portland Timbers bought Charles' contract from Cardiff City.〔(Defender Charles back with Timbers )〕 He remained with the Timbers through the 1981 outdoor season. However, injuries began to hamper Charles and in 1981, he played only 4 games with the Timbers and did not return to the team the next year. In addition to playing for the Timbers' outdoor team, Charles had played 9 games for the Timbers during the 1980–1981 NASL indoor season. His jersey, number 3, was retired by the Timbers after his death in 2003.〔(First Kick 2012 – #3 Clive Charles )〕 He was honoured by the Timbers during a game against the Seattle Sounders on 24 June 2012 by a large tifo held up by the Timbers Army prior to the start of the game.
At the end of the 1981 NASL season, Charles moved to the indoor Pittsburgh Spirit then the Los Angeles Lazers, both of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He later admitted that "I hated it. But it paid the bills."〔 (via Wayback Machine)〕 In 1982, he was playing with the when Jimmy Conway, a former Timbers team mate, called Charles and told him of an opening at the Reynolds High School boy's soccer team in Troutdale, Oregon. He immediately retired from playing and moved his family back to Oregon.
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